Spring Break
Baseball team loses to Hofstra
Jacob Conley
Issue date: 3/3/06 Section: Sports
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Gardner-Webb dropped its second game in a row at the 2006 Charleston Challenge Sunday morning, as Colonial Athletic Association member Hofstra outlasted GWU 8-6
The Bulldogs (6-3) finished 1-2 at the event, dropping two games by a combined six runs.
GWU stuck first going up 2-0 in the top of the first ,but Hofstra take the lead with three runs in the second off of starter, converted catcher, Nate MacDonald .
The Pride's lead would grow to 4-2 with a single run in the fourth, but GWU would tie the game with single runs of its own in the fifth and sixth innings.
Hofstra then took the lead for good, forcing MacDonald to leave the game by adding two more runs in the sixth for a 6-4 lead that it would not relinquish
Blake Lalli (3-for-4, RBI) and Daniel Cooke (3-for-4, 2B, RBI) paced Gardner-Webb's offensive attack, with Joey Testa (2-for-4, two RBI) and Matt Maloney (2-for-5) also collecting multiple hits during the game
MacDonald was saddled with his second loss in seven days, lasting a career-best six innings and allowing three earned runs on seven hits.
The Bulldogs (6-3) finished 1-2 at the event, dropping two games by a combined six runs.
GWU stuck first going up 2-0 in the top of the first ,but Hofstra take the lead with three runs in the second off of starter, converted catcher, Nate MacDonald .
The Pride's lead would grow to 4-2 with a single run in the fourth, but GWU would tie the game with single runs of its own in the fifth and sixth innings.
Hofstra then took the lead for good, forcing MacDonald to leave the game by adding two more runs in the sixth for a 6-4 lead that it would not relinquish
Blake Lalli (3-for-4, RBI) and Daniel Cooke (3-for-4, 2B, RBI) paced Gardner-Webb's offensive attack, with Joey Testa (2-for-4, two RBI) and Matt Maloney (2-for-5) also collecting multiple hits during the game
MacDonald was saddled with his second loss in seven days, lasting a career-best six innings and allowing three earned runs on seven hits.